A roundup of Secrets in the News for January 2021.
Police recover 500-year-old stolen copy of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi'
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CNN: A 16th-century copy of Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi," the world's most expensive painting, has been recovered by ...
She Digs is a new monthly column from Secrets of the Dead featuring some of our favorite women in the archaeology field. This month, we met with underwater archaeologist Dr. Jennifer McKinnon. With a background in maritime archaeology, Dr. McKinnon has worked in the U.S., Australia, Pacific islands and Europe ...
A roundup of Secrets in the News for December 2019. Read more below for ancient Armenian warriors, snake legs, a permafrost puppy and more!
2000-year-old Germanic warrior burials unearthed in Poland
Ancient Origins reports: In an effort to protect the archaeological dig site located near Kostrzyn (just to the east of Poland’s modern-day ...
A roundup of Secrets in the News for November 2019. Read more below for neanderthal necklaces, mammoth prints and ancient Peruvian geoglyphs.
Jamestown mystery: Archaeologists unearth a churchyard grave
Daily Press reports: It was tradition in 17th century Virginia to bury corpses with the heads pointed west and the feet to the east. ...
A roundup of Secrets in the News for late September 2019. Read more below for a Canadian Shipwreck, a haunting fresco from Pompeii, an ancient sea monster, and more.
Underwater archaeologists release photos and video of the HMS Terror shipwreck
Canada Parks reports: The Canadian government and Inuit are working in partnership to ...
On July 17, the Egypt Ministry of Antiquities announced that the gilded coffin of King Tutankhaman was moved to the Grand Egyptian Museum for restoration. This is the first time the coffin has been restored since it was discovered in 1922.
The gilded coffin of Tutankhamun is at the Grand Egyptian ...
Secrets of the Dead is returning this summer with a much-anticipated encore and two brand new episode premieres.
Check out the lineup for the Summer of Secrets on PBS:
Secrets of the Dead: Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb
Encores Tuesday, June 18 at 8 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)
Join Kathleen Martinez, criminal lawyer turned ...
In her desire to find out more about the circumstances leading to the mysterious mass burial, archaeologist Salima Ikram travels to
Kom Ombo temple where ancient Egyptians used to worship the god Sobek with the head of a crocodile.
Follow a team of archaeologists as they examine a rare mass grave dating to the collapse of ancient Egypt’s Old Kingdom when political infighting and a changing climate brought down an empire.
At Tintagel, archaeologists unearth a stone containing an inscription in Roman Latin and local dialect believed to be for a local monument, suggesting a literate society.
